LEFTHANDED BASEBALL

The Best Lefthanded Batters and Lefthanded Pitchers in Baseball

Other Great Lefthanded Pitchers

Prior to 1930 1930 to 1960 1960 to 1990 Since 1990

All-Time Greatest Lefthanded Pitchers

Three of Lefty Gomez's greatest contemporaries were

Lefty Grove, Carl Hubbell, and Warren Spahn.

Other Great Lefthanded Pitchers during the same era (1930 to 1960) were

Hal Newhouser, Billy Pierce, Herb Score, and Curt Simmons

Lefty Gomez

Lefty Gomez pitched 14 years in the majors (from 1930 to 1943), all but one with the New York Yankees. He was a four time 20 game winner who finished with 189 wins and 102 losses for a .649 winning percentage (29th all time), and he had a 3.34 earned run average.

His best year was in 1934, when he won 26 games with only 5 losses with a 2.33 Earned Run Average. He had 25 complete games and 6 shutouts in 33 games started.

Gomez pitched in the World Series in five different years, starting 7 games (completing 4 of them) and 50 innings. He won 6 games without a loss and had a 2.86 earned run average.. He also made the all star team 7 times. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972.

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​All-Time Greatest Lefthanded Pitchers

LEFTHANDED BASEBALL

All-Time Greatest Lefthanded Pitchers